Sunday, March 6, 2011

So I've come to realize that it would not be asrealistic as I expected to have a blogpost where Ihave pictures of all fabrics and all zakka items,given everything that needs to be in

have been listed. For a few reasons. For one, I amsort of lost in the amount of fabric I brought fromJapan. For two, I am not the most organizedperson. And for three, I am simply ready to sew upsomething tonight for someone's birthday coming up soon.

For these selfish reasons, I decided to share with youpictures of Japanese fabric & zakka over the spanof several blogposts. I will be adding some fabrics tomy etsy shop from time to time too in case you arelooking for some Japanese fabric to join your stashes.

The very first picture in this post is some cottonprint fabrics designed by Kumiko Fujita.A fabric chain store called Yuzawaya had a quitebig selection of her fabrics that aren't very easyto find in other fabric stores, so I went a bit crazy.

And these umbrella fabrics - could anything be cuter?!!I am so madly in love with the print that I boughtit in four colorways! Okadaya is another fabric chainstore that has lots of cute fabrics. When I was livingin Tokyo 8 years ago, I used to live SO close toa large store of Okadaya. Too bad it was until after moving

here that I discovered the joy of sewing and collecting fabrics.I never cared to stop by the store once.

More small cut fabrics from Okadaya. I love thisstore's small cut fabrics section. Each of thesemeasures only 35cm x 50cm (13" x 20"). It doesn'tmake you feel too guilty to get one of these evenif you have no plan for the fabric :)

The fox and fruits fabric is soooo adorable.The paris map print and the scallop print aresome of the fabrics I've wanted for a long time.

I'd seen the milk caps fabric online before,but it was totally prettier in person!I'm not sure if I can put it in use..

And these are small cut fabrics that I foundat Tokyo Quilt Festival. One thing I learnedabout the festival is that you can find lotsof unusual fabric at pretty good prices! Forsome reasons I thought I would see only newfabrics sold at retail prices, but it wasn't true.

Many small cut fabrics that came from everywhere.The drink fabric on far right is way too cute!

I have listed three different fabrics in my etsy shopso far. This is from a collection called Cocochi E-styleby Kokka. I really like the soft feel and simple yetcute print.

And this large strawberries print was totally irresistible.Wouldn't it make such a cute curtain or apron or bag or..pretty much every large project!

This is the fabric I knew I was getting a lot ofat first sight. I had never seen this Lecien linen+ cotton blend print before. Love this so much.

As usual, let me know you came from here whenyou snatch fabric from my store to receive anextra little piece of fabric :)

Hope you had a great weekend!Thank you for taking the time to read this :)

As always, so fun to read your posts and see what goodies you brought back from your travels. We've been dealing with some health issues in my family recently so haven't sent you a proper "thank you" for your lovely package! Everything is just wonderful and some have already been put to good use!

Thanks for stopping by my blog! My name is Ayumi. I love sharing my crafty journal and other little anecdotes in my life here. I am a mother to a baby girl and a wife to my husband from Seattle. We live in a small apartment in Tokyo. I hope you enjoy being here :) Welcome♪